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...latest entrant in the captive game: choo-choos for the Wayne Newton crowd. The $650 million Las Vegas Monorail, scheduled to open early next year, will run along the east side of the fabled Strip, carrying gamblers between casinos like the MGM Grand and Harrah's. Several companies will sponsor multicar trains, blanketing each car with logos and promotions. Hansen's Beverage has signed a 10-year, $10 million deal to sponsor the Monster train (named for its Monster Energy drink) and plans to give drink samples to passengers and display video ads. "We prefer to call it a totally...
...unlikely that China will unseat Tung anytime soon. That would be too radical a move and would be seen as an indirect attack on Jiang, Tung's sponsor. Indeed, the old boys' club that is the core of Hong Kong's government isn't disbanding yet, nor have all its members gone into overdrive to clean up their acts. In the middle of last week's demonstration, pro-Tung legislators leaving the Legco building used a bus to get through the crowds of protesters; news photographers snapped one politician, Philip Wong, flashing his middle finger at the people outside...
...Feinstein said she would work with the White House. The next day she got a call from new Senate majority leader Bill Frist. A renowned surgeon, Frist desperately wanted the Senate to pass a bill curbing malpractice-insurance costs. And he just as desperately needed a Democrat to co-sponsor the measure. Feinstein agreed to help...
...BOND co-chairs Michael J. Chiappa ’05 and Patrick S. Kelley ’05 hope to co-sponsor an event with senior bar next year, but want to change the way it is advertised...
...With Iceland now considering whether to resume whaling, "this award came at a crucial time," says Björgvinsson, who has been flooded with interview requests since the issue came out. The Graaf sisters said that after the Heroes issue appeared, several corporations contacted them and offered to help sponsor their children's home in Nagpur and new ones they're planning to build. Even Bono, who has many shelves full of honors and prizes, spoke about the power of being singled out by the magazine. "TIME magazine is the village pump," he told the crowd. "It's where people...